文 — Chinese character
文
wén
culture, literature, writing
- Pinyin
- wén
- Radical
- 67 ⽂ (Script)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 亠 乂
- Formation
- pictographic — A tattooed chest, representing writing
- Japanese
- 文 as a kanji
Common words with 文
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article; essay |
| 文件 | wén jiàn | document; file |
| 文学 (文學) | wén xué | literature |
| 文明 | wén míng | civilized; civilization |
| 文字 | wén zì | character; script |
| 文献 (文獻) | wén xiàn | reference material (used in scholarly study) |
| 论文 (論文) | lùn wén | paper; treatise |
| 文物 | wén wù | cultural relic; historical relic |
| 本文 | běn wén | this text; article |
| 文艺 (文藝) | wén yì | literature and art |
| 人文 | rén wén | humanities; culture; humanistic |
English words written with 文
文 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 42 · Art of War 1 · Mencius 50 · Zhuangzi 51 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 13
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 19
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 53
- Analects 1.6
- Analects 3.9
- Analects 3.14
- Analects 5.12
- Analects 5.14
- Analects 5.17
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.